RE: Former agnostic, now Christian
September 17, 2011 at 3:22 am
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2011 at 3:32 am by lucent.)
Hey there. 
Once I realized there is a God, it was only really a matter of finding out who He is. I was prepared to believe none of the religions represented God, or all of them did. I only became Christian because it was revealed to me that it was true. Yes, I do believe that scripture is the inspired word of God. I don't think all translations of the bible are accurate, and there may be some things missing, but overall the history is literal and the message is real.
I don't ignore facts, I think my faith in God is reasoned and reasonable. I was a proponent of evolution when I became a Christian, and I assumed at the time that Genesis wasn't literal and that there had been some sort of guided evolution which had taken place. I was suprised to learn, when I actually investigated evolution, that it was predicated on a number of unproven assumptions, and that there wasn't a shred of real evidence that it actually happened. I had always assumed that it was true, as it was taught to me as fact, but upon investigation it doesn't hold up.
It may seem ridiculous from your perspective, but you don't believe in God, so anything spiritual will probably look ridiculous from your point of view. I'll just try to explain my rationale as best I can.
Well, faith is a gift from God. I certainly did not earn this gift, nor was I looking for it, so I couldn't tell you exactly why God chose to let me know. Sometimes He gives people dreams and visions, like this man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvvClFSMIzA
Sometimes he sends a messanger to talk to someone directly like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7dpGWYZMDc
What I would recommend is that if you honestly want to know what the real truth is, pray to God and ask Him to reveal Himself to you. Say to Him that you're a sinner, and you want His forgiveness, but you have to be sure that He is for real..and ask Him to prove Himself to you in a way that you will be certain. He proved it to me, and many other people..so maybe he'll prove it to you too. I'll pray that He does. God bless.
Once I realized there is a God, it was only really a matter of finding out who He is. I was prepared to believe none of the religions represented God, or all of them did. I only became Christian because it was revealed to me that it was true. Yes, I do believe that scripture is the inspired word of God. I don't think all translations of the bible are accurate, and there may be some things missing, but overall the history is literal and the message is real.
I don't ignore facts, I think my faith in God is reasoned and reasonable. I was a proponent of evolution when I became a Christian, and I assumed at the time that Genesis wasn't literal and that there had been some sort of guided evolution which had taken place. I was suprised to learn, when I actually investigated evolution, that it was predicated on a number of unproven assumptions, and that there wasn't a shred of real evidence that it actually happened. I had always assumed that it was true, as it was taught to me as fact, but upon investigation it doesn't hold up.
It may seem ridiculous from your perspective, but you don't believe in God, so anything spiritual will probably look ridiculous from your point of view. I'll just try to explain my rationale as best I can.
(September 17, 2011 at 1:23 am)5thHorseman Wrote: How do people get from being someone who isn't sure of the the existence of god, to then worshiping someone who claims to be his son with no proof. In a universe of billions of galaxies with billions of stars in each, how can you come to this conclusion? Do you believe the bible to be the inerrant word of god?
With such massive evidence behind natural selection and DNA testing showing how we are related to other species, how can you come up with this conclusion?
Or do you just ignore hard facts, logic, reason and bypass that stuff and take on board a 'revelation'?
Going from being not sure if there is a god or not, to someone who believes in the abrahamic god and being a Jesus freak is ridiculous.
But either way, welcome to the forum and keep posting
Well, faith is a gift from God. I certainly did not earn this gift, nor was I looking for it, so I couldn't tell you exactly why God chose to let me know. Sometimes He gives people dreams and visions, like this man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvvClFSMIzA
Sometimes he sends a messanger to talk to someone directly like this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7dpGWYZMDc
What I would recommend is that if you honestly want to know what the real truth is, pray to God and ask Him to reveal Himself to you. Say to Him that you're a sinner, and you want His forgiveness, but you have to be sure that He is for real..and ask Him to prove Himself to you in a way that you will be certain. He proved it to me, and many other people..so maybe he'll prove it to you too. I'll pray that He does. God bless.
(September 17, 2011 at 2:41 am)Tiberius Wrote: So...um...how do I go about getting one of these spiritual experiences? It seems unfair that loads of people have them and yet a vast majority of atheists are skipped over.
